Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
Around 586, King Guntram of Burgundy (r. 561-593), patriarch of the Merovingian Dynasty that ruled over the Frankish empire, unleashed the military might of...
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian author, 1821-1881)
"I assure you, gentlemen, that to be too acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease."
From Notes from...
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
"Properly pasted was this miller's head,
Pale-drunk he was, he'd passed the stage of red;
Hiccupping through his nose he talked and trolled
As if...
